Archive for March, 2009
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Dinosauruxia
Sleeping On The Forest Floor It’s not very often that you come across a band from such a far away country; in fact I’m not even entirely sure where the Faroe Islands are in the world. Wikipedia tells me they lie in the Norwegian Sea, half way between Iceland and Scotland. Formally a five-piece, now [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Faroe Islands by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Reviews
The Virgins – The Virgins 7/10 “These snotty-nosed punks from New York City have been really scrubbed up to sound super slick and professional in their debut (out on major label Atlantic) … It’s okay, it just makes them sound like Prince or The Police circa the ‘80s squeaky clean sound boom… While inconsistent and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Featured Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Totally Michael
Totally Michael- Totally Michael 9/10 Totally Michael is TOTALLY MICHAEL, a 20 year old guy from Cabot, Arkansas. His music is pure gold coated electronic pop-punk, harping back to the ‘90s and hangs around with every excuse to party hard like it’s 1998. Made simply on a guitar and a laptop, Michael’s pop hits are [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, March 16th, 2009
The Virgins
The Virgins – The Virgins 7/10 These snotty-nosed punks from New York City have been really scrubbed up to sound super slick and professional in their debut (out on major label Atlantic), released in the US last June but only just reaching New Zealand shores this month. Fortunately scruffiness has never been the major drawcard [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Ribbons
Octopi and Elephants Jherek Bischoff is an extremely prolific musician whose previous bands you may have heard of, but you may have never heard his name before. Over the last decade Bischoff has forged a very worthy musical career, as a member (in one form or another) of The Dead Science, Xiu Xiu and Parenthetical [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
The Ex
Anarchist Afro-Trance-Dance-Punk While their music has been described as “experimental trance-dance avant-afro-punk improv music”, it can’t be denied when listening to their tracks that they have their hearts rooted in anarchic post punk. Dutch band The Ex has been around for 30 years this year in one form or another, and despite one of the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in The Netherlands by Sarah Gooding
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Grouper and Pumice live photos
Grouper and Pumice Thursday, March 12, 2009 Whammy, Auckland Altmusic did an excellent job putting on this show and were rewarded by an appreciative crowd who were there purely for the music. The crowd was also duly rewarded by Auckland regional musician Pumice, who only on the odd occasion plays live in public. His set [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Live photos by Nick Fulton
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Smashin’ Off
Reunion tour! Auckland’s favourite spazz-thrash-core band Smashin’ Off came in with a bang a year or two ago and proceeded to blow us away with their electric and energetic live shows. Their dirty humour mixed with hardcore style and talent that comes from years of playing has seen them garner a considerable cult following. Now’s [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Amanda Palmer live photos
Amanda Palmer with Battle Circus Tuesday, March 10, 2009 The Studio, Auckland Amanda Palmer’s nearly 2-hour-long set on Tuesday was a highly anticipated event. The fans who weren’t aware of or who couldn’t make it to her guerilla ukulele performance in Aotea Square earlier that day were possibly even more excited than the die hard [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Live photos by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
The Whitest Boy Alive
The Whitest Boy Alive- Rules 3/10 Sometimes you get the impression that music is made on a whim and that some musicians really aren’t challenging themselves. You get that from The Whitest Boy Alive, whose sophomore album Rules has a lot of lazy sounding lounge-y pop songs. Throughout Rules the majority of the songs seem [...]
